Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Camilla Belle, Joan Plowright, Aled Roberts, Cherie Lunghi, Leigh Lawson in a family sequel to the original The Secret Garden(based on Frances Hodgeson Burnett’s novel), set in 1946 in which an American orphan travels on an exchange to England and Misselthwaite Manor orphanage. She is the heroine of the film …

7 pmBrooklyn(12), 109 minutes, 2015

Director: John Crowley. Stars Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Zegan in a 1950s romantic drama in which a young woman on a visit to her native Ireland from New York must decide in which country and with which man she will spend the rest of her life.

Stars the voices of Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane in a Disney animation set in Scotland with a princess as the lead character who wants her freedom … If you had the chance to change your fate, would you?

7 pmSuffragette(12), 104 minutes, 2015

Director: Sarah Gavron.

Stars Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff in a British drama set in 1912 & 1913 telling the story of the suffragette movement, centring on a laundry worker named Maud Watts. The Guardian review said “(it’s a) forthright, heart-felt, red-blooded drama; a thoroughly valuable & absorbing film.”

13 April

2 pmThe Croods(U), 99 minutes, 2013

Directors: Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco.

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds

From DreamWorks, the creators of Madagascar, this is a 3D computer-animated comedy adventure about a cave family called the Croods; particularly about their teenage daughter Eep who frequently disobeys her father’s orders out of curiosity. If the family doesn’t evolve, they’ll be history!

7 pmThe Book Thief(12), 131 minutes, 2013

Director: Brian Percival.

Stars Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson in a historical war drama based on Marcus Zusak’s novel. It tells the story of a young girl and her foster parents, who shelter a Jewish friend during the period of Nazi control of Germany.